//------------------------------// // Mind of its own // Story: Adopted Opposites // by Demon Lord Inganno //------------------------------// Mind of its own “ WHAT!” exclaimed Twilight as she rushed outside while being followed by a shaking Rainbow Dash only to see the swirling red and blue mass heading towards Ponyville, more specifically the library. “ Twilight you’ve gotta stop it” shouted Rainbow with a look of horror on her face. Twilight simply nodded and turned her horn towards it. She started to concentrate with a familiar glow of around her horn with the same happening to the comets. Concentrating harder and harder as she desperately tried to avert its trajectory. Giving in shortly as her magic supply depleted itself. As her magic ended the mass suddenly leveled and missed Ponyville by inches only to land in the Everfree forest. “ Wow Twilight I didn’t know your magic was that strong “ Dash excitedly yelped looking at her with dinner plate eyes only to be met with Twilight’s worried face saying,” Umm…..Rainbow my magic stopped before it turned. That means it turned on its own accord”. Rainbow’s face quickly turned to that of shock as she screamed,” WHAT!”. “Yeah Rainbow it turned on its own. I think we should go investigate this anomaly. Quickly go gather the others” Twilight said. “ Ok Twilight I’ll do it in 10 seconds flat” Rainbow boasted as she took off into Ponyville. So Twilight went back into the library and layed down so she could rest and regain her magic. Rainbow Dash flew to the houses of Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie panting,” Something…..happened…….Twilight……library” to each pony before heading back to the library. When they arrived, Twilight recounted the story of how the comets nearly destroyed Ponyville, only to suddenly change direction and land in the Everfree forest. As she finished she got a unified gasp from everypony in the room. When everypony stopped gasping, Twilight calmly stated,” Now we need to go to the forest and investigate this mysterious occurrence”. So they gathered their things and set off to the Everfree forest. 20 minutes later The mane six finally arrive outside the Everfree forest. The girls had mixed feelings about entering the mysterious region because of the fact that everything there happens on its own and not with the help of the ponies. Twilight had a look of deep thought while Rainbow Dash accompanied by a bouncing Pinkie Pie were excited, Applejack was worried, Rarity looked on in disgust, and Fluttershy was hiding behind her mane not wanting to draw attention to herself. “ Ok girls lets get goin‘.” Applejack broke the awkward silence,” no use standin’ here like gawkin’ fillies” she concluded. “ Right you are Applejack, and besides I’m missing my precious beauty sleep. How else can I keep my magnificent complexion?” Rarity agreed earning her a sigh and head shake from Twilight. “ She’s right girls” Twilight sighed turning and heading into the forest. The rest followed suit and after a few minutes of silence Applejack broke the silence once again,” So Twi what exactly are we lookin’ for here?” she said with a hint of curiosity. “ I’m glad you asked Applejack…” she started taking a long breath while the others listened intently,” I don’t know” Twilight answered earning a couple of looks of shock and a few face hoofs. After being quiet the whole time Fluttershy spoke up in a timid voice,” What do you mean you don’t know what it was?” “ I just don’t “ Twilight replied. “Well that’s a rare surprise since you usually know something about what we are looking for” Rarity said in disbelief. “ Yeah it was like all covered in this weird looking mist that looked like magic” Rainbow chipped in and also said,” Hey Twilight you still haven’t told me about how it changed direction because you said you couldn’t move it with your magic?” This earned even greater gasps than before because Twilight was one of the strongest magic users in Equestria. “ Again I don’t know” Twi said looking crestfallen. Pinkie Pie quickly changed the subject with her randomness. “ What color was it then ?!” Pinkie exclaimed. “ Umm Pinkie… it was 2 colors, red and blue, and they were swirling around each other” the lavender pony explained at Pinkie’s peaked curiosity. “ THEY… so there were more than one ?” Pinkie asked. Twilight nodded and continued,” Yes there were two objects and I saw some move in one of them causing them to shift direction, keeping them from destroying Ponyville”. The others jaws just dropped. Then Pinkie went into one of her massive rants. Quickly having a hoof shoved in her mouth by Rainbow Dash. “WAIT…THEM?” Pinkie exclaimed ,” ooooh what if they’re aliens ooohoooh whatifthey’re-” muffled by Rainbow’s hoof “ mmhm party mhmm” she mumbled out around Dash’s hoof. “ Can we hurry and find these objects because I need to get back to my animals… um I mean if you want to that is” Fluttershy squeaked. And with that the rest of the mane six nodded and headed off once more. 15 minutes later They arrived at the crash site were there were broken trees accompanying two craters. One was massive, and the other was medium’ish. “WOW” was said in unison as they looked on until their eyes rested on two creatures. The being on the left was tall and thin wearing black shoes, jogging pants, and a hoodie lined with blue. Its hair was blackish brown, medium length, and curly with hazel eyes and tanned skin. The other was quite different. This being was a bit shorter but much wider and stockier. Its hair was brownish red, medium length, and wavy with emerald eyes and a farmers tan. Its clothes were a black sleeveless shirt, tan boots, and faded blue jeans that were tore up at the bottom. A small gust of wind shook a few of the nearby trees causing leaves to fall. As the leaves fell one leaf just so happened to land on Fluttershy’s flank causing her to emit a rather loud Eeep, gaining the two creatures attention. The two beings then started at the mane six as they turned tail and ran. The creatures said something but the only audible voices were a low holler of,” SOOOOOOO CUUUUTE !!!” , followed by thumping and crashing sounds.